Jim Bernhard, former president of the Shaw Group, says his private equity firm is willing to finance the cost of a new bridge over the Mississippi, and estimates the project would take about seven years to complete. More

Former President of the
Shaw Group Jim Bernhard says he is ready to back the loan needed to build a new
bridge across the Mississippi River this morning on AM Baton Rouge. He says there is much infrastructure work that
needs to be done prior to the bridge being built.